Press Releases

According to the latest “Obesity and the Black American: Causes, Culture, Consequences, and Cost” article published recently at FinancesOnline.com the wailing and flailing of health experts on obesity is fully justified. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012 report points out that 33.0% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over are overweight, 35.7% are obese, and 6.3% are extremely obese. This and other alarming facts are highlighted in this investigative article. In particular, the article focuses on a sector that seems to be most at risk for obesity -- African Americans.

BETHESDA, Md., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that it will use its exhibit at this year's American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago to highlight its leadership role in immune therapy. 

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HONG KONG, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC), the fixed-line division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (Stock code: 215), today unveiled its first Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Myanmar, established in co-operation with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) and its representative.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Every credit card transaction conducted over the Internet introduces a security risk for the cardholder.  Data stores can be hacked, card numbers overheard, data streams might be vulnerable to interception; even contact center agent integrity is not beyond question.  To increase controls around cardholder data and reduce credit card fraud, the industry-wide Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council first defined its Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) in 2004 and updated it in October 2010 to current version 2.0.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ITO EN (North America), INC., the world's leading purveyor of green tea leaves and tea beverages, announces the launch of their TEAS' TEA® Summer Promotion "GET #TEAFRESHED," an Instagram/Pinterest powered campaign encouraging consumers to share photos of their refreshing TEAS' TEA® summer moments to win a trip to Australia and a VIP Tour of the ITO EN Tea Farms. The promotion will kick-off before Memorial Day on May 24 and run through Labor Day-September 2, 2013.

PARIS, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

The Danielle Mitterrand-France Libertés Foundation welcomed on Wednesday, May 22, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and a delegation of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) who offered the Foundation a bust of Danielle Mitterrand in gratitude to a long friendship of 30 years with the Iranian people and its resistance for democracy and fundamental freedoms.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ghana Gold Corp. (OTCMarkets: GGCO) announced today that it has officially closed the acquisition of the $5 Billion Gold Property with World Sports Alliance Inter-Governmental Organization.

According to the closed transaction, the WSA owns a total of 500 million restricted shares of the company as well as a $250 million 10-year corporate debenture.  Further to the transaction, a total of 800,098,000 common shares are issued and outstanding.

SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zensun Sci & Tech, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company based in Shanghai and San Diego, announced today positive results of four completed Phase 2 clinical trials including three double-blind, placebo-controlled studies conducted in China and Australia and interim results from the United States Phase 2 trial for Zensun's innovative "first-in-class" anti-heart failure drug, Neucardin™.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioDrain Medical, Inc. (OTCQB: BIOR) (the "Company"), producer of the FDA approved STREAMWAY® System for automated, direct-to-drain surgical fluid disposal that reduces the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, announced today that Josh Kornberg, Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Myers, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.